Rocky Tilney

We’ve heard it all a million times, “Our children have so much to teach us.” And it’s true. Recently I was showing my 20-month old son, Carter, a short video on my mobile phone. The video contained a close up of him sitting on his grandfathers lap in their backyard. In this particular clip, Carter [...]

Remember the movie Short Circuit from the mid-80’s? An experimental robot (#5) gets electrocuted and becomes “intelligent”. It escapes from the Army base where it was designed and instead of destroying everything in its path, it looks for “inputs”. “Number 5 needs more inpuuuuts!” Often times we focus on inputs. We read far more than [...]

For over the past 10-years my business has been purely service based, I trade hours for dollars and thus make a living. It wasn’t until sometime last year that I realized I couldn’t continue on with this model, it was too limiting. Unless I wanted to work every hour of everyday, my earning potential was [...]

Working 9-5 or any other similar schedule is the norm in America. It’s when America wakes up and when America comes home. It’s also happens to be the worst time of day  to be productive. Here’s why: Traffic: Everyone needs the roadway, subway, train, or bus at the same time everyday. These are peak commute [...]

Today I took my daughter and son to try riding their bikes without training wheels. I had no idea how they would do but I figured at least one of them would have some success. Turns out that they both learned within 15 minutes even though they are two years apart (6 and 4). Then [...]